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Drone software improves CAD integration

The Virtual Surveyor drone surveying software now offers a faster, more efficient workflow and better overall user experience in a more stable platform. These new capabilities, along with an improved licensing system and an extended free application, are available now in Virtual Surveyor 6. The software combines expertise and interpretation skill of a land surveyor with computing power. It generates an interactive onscreen environment through orthophotos and digital surface models, generated from the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), where the surveyor selects survey points and breaklines to define the topography. The software enables land surveyors to complement traditional fieldwork with UAV imagery to generate accurate topographic products, and bridges the gap between UAV photogrammetric processing software and popular engineering computer-aided design (CAD) packages. Key enhancements in include easier editing, better CAD integration, improved drawing tools, retention of 3D geometry, an extended free plan with added functionality and improved licencing. The addition of Descriptor functionality means that point descriptions remain with the point during export to CAD, working the same way as the land surveyor collects data in the field.